Jefrey D. Van Volkenburg

Jeffrey D. Van Volkenburg (Associate)

Jeff Van Volkenburg is an associate in the firm's Clarksburg office. He completed a clerkship with the Honorable Judge John L. Henning, Circuit Court of Randolph County, West Virginia after graduating from the Duquesne University Law School in June 2006. While in law school, Jeff was an Executive Editor of the Duquesne University Business Law Journal and received numerous awards including the ABA Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor and Employment Law. He also completed a clerkship with each of the Pennsylvania intermediate appellate courts.

Prior to law school, Jeff obtained his Bachelor of Arts, with a major in History from the College of Wooster in 2001. He also obtained his teaching certification while completing his undergradute studies and taught high school social studies in Virginia public schools for two years, while working towards a Masters of Science in Education Administration at Old Dominion University.

Jeff has published the following: What Public Education Should Learn From Major League Baseball: spending caps, luxury taxes and fiscal accountability. Thurgood Marshall Law Review, Spring 2007, Volume 32; Asleep at the Switch: The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission's Acceptance of The Telecommunications Act and the Resulting Elimination of State Court Review. Duquesne Law Review, Summer 2007, Volume 45, No. 4; FDCC Quarterly, 'If it bleeds, it leads' with James A. Varner, Sr. for the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, FDCC Quarterly - Winter 2009; The ABC's of Real World Legal Ethics for the Young Practitioner, DRI Whisper, Summer 2009; A Lawyer's Role in the Aftermath of the Massey Coal Decision, with Michael D. Crim, IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Volume 77, No. 2, April 2010; After the Marcellus Rush; Defense Research Institute " For the Defense" Magazine, April 2011; The West Virginia Standards of Professional Conduct: The Cliff Notes on Practice, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Journal (forthcoming).

Jeff currently sits on the Board of Directors for the North Central West Virginia Community Action Association. He is avid runner and enjoys history and literature. Jeff and his wife, Julia, reside in Fairmont.

Areas of Practice

Insurance Defense
Insurance Coverage
Toxic Tort
Black Lung Defense
Personal Injury

Scholastic Distinctions

CALI Awards for Excellence in Legal Research and Writing and Public Sector Labor Law
ABA award for Excellence in the study of Labor Law
Executive Comment Editor – Duquesne University Business Law Journal

Reported Cases

Ruckdeschel v. Falcon Drilling Co., LLC, 2010 W.Va LEXIS 42(2010)

Contact Jeffrey at our Clarksburg office.

E-mail: jdvanvolkenburg@wvlawyers.com